Twenty minutes!
Fang Siyan was worried that Ding Ruola simply couldn't wait for twenty minutes.
"If anything happens to Ruoruo, I'll make sure the Xu family pays a heavy price!"
Fang Siyan disdained using underhanded means, but those who hurt Ding Ruola were an exception.
Just as Ding Ruola had sent the message, before she could even put away her phone, Xu Chang'an on one side knocked it to the ground.
The ground beneath their feet was grass, not cement.
After it fell to the ground, Ding Ruola completely lost sight of her phone. She hunched her back and covered her chest with her hand, trying to find it.
Just as she lowered her head, a woman stepped forward and grabbed her hair.
A woman's fatal weakness in a fight was often her hair.
When Ding Ruola's hair was grabbed, she was like a cat with its scruff held.
She was forced to tilt her head back, and the woman pinched her jaw with the other hand.
Her mouth was pinched into an "O" shape.
"Don't waste time talking to this shameless woman!"
The woman gave Xu Chang'an a look, and Xu Chang'an took out a document from somewhere.
He also held a stamp pad in his hand.
"Sign this! Then big brother will take good care of you!"
Xu Chang'an's greasy face got closer to Ding Ruola. The smell of tobacco on the man mixed with his greasy odor, which made Ding Ruola nauseous.
Taking advantage of the moment when the woman controlling her was distracted, Ding Ruola bit the woman's tiger's mouth.
She stepped on the woman's foot and kicked Xu Chang'an right in the groin. She instinctively tried to turn around and leave, but forgot that there was a lake behind her and an iron - chain fence beside her.
In an instant, Ding Ruola's steps became messy. She wasn't sure if it was because of her own carelessness or if the woman in front of her had given her a push. In the chaos, she fell into the water.
Although the lake water in summer had been exposed to the sun for a whole day and was much warmer than in winter, it was still cooler compared to the human body temperature!
The moment Ding Ruola fell into the water, she felt a sudden cramp in the muscle connecting her foot and calf. In an instant, the pain spread throughout her body.
"Help! I'm having a cramp..."
The girl bobbed up and down in the water, and her voice grew fainter. But no one on the shore was willing to jump in.
The Xu family members were still shifting the blame, accusing each other one by one, hoping to get themselves out of this mess completely.
A man jumped into the water from somewhere. He swam like a fish to Ding Ruola's side.
He put one arm under her armpit and paddled with one hand in the water. He found a good place to get out of the water and dragged Ding Ruola onto the shore.
By the time they got to the shore, Ding Ruola had already lost consciousness.
The man gave Ding Ruola simple first - aid treatment. After a few rounds of artificial respiration, Ding Ruola suddenly sat up. She coughed a few times on her side and spat out some water.
She looked at the surrounding scene with a dazed look in her eyes.
"Gu—Gu..."
Gu Liubai covered Ding Ruola's mouth with his hand. There was a calm smile on his face. He picked Ding Ruola up in his arms and walked out of the crowd.
"Why didn't they stop you?"
Ding Ruola was puzzled. Didn't these people want what she had? Why did they let her go so easily?
After getting out of the crowd, Ding Ruola saw a man running towards her in the distance.
"Ruoruo!"
The man stepped forward and took the girl from Gu Liubai's arms. He couldn't help but glare at Gu Liubai. Just as he lowered his head, his expression changed.
His eyes were full of pity.
"Mr. Fang, it's our fault for not taking good care of things!"
Xu Chang'an still had the nerve to come up to Fang Siyan with a straight face.
The man snorted and left.
After Fang Siyan sent the girl to the hospital, Ding Ruola fell into a coma again.
The next day, she started coughing and had a high fever that wouldn't go away.
Because she had inhaled some lake water into her lungs when she drowned, it led to a lung infection. Now she had pneumonia. If not taken good care of, she would have some after - effects.
This feud was now set. How could Fang Siyan let the Xu family off easily?
When Ding Ruola woke up, there was no one in the ward. There was a bouquet of flowers on the bedside table.
Later, Fang Siyan came with a thermos of porridge.
"The flowers are beautiful! I feel much better!"
The girl's gaze stayed on the unknown flowers.
Fang Siyan frowned. He hadn't been here and hadn't given the flowers to Ding Ruola.
Who sent the flowers?
After the man fed Ding Ruola the porridge, he went to the hospital's security department. He asked the security guard to retrieve the hospital's surveillance footage.
The security guard was initially reluctant. He stuck to his professional ethics. But when he learned that Fang Siyan was a shareholder of this hospital, he immediately found the video, moved aside his seat, and invited Fang Siyan to sit in front of the computer.
Maybe this was just his temper!
"Gu Liubai!"
The security guard watched Fang Siyan mutter to himself and then leave. After Fang Siyan left, he retrieved the video that Fang Siyan had just closed and watched it again.
"This man is really strange!"
Fang Siyan left the monitoring room and returned to the ward. He sat beside the hospital bed and helped Ding Ruola move her wrist and forearm. Because of the long - term drip, the girl's arm had become swollen.
"Why are people so greedy?"
In Ding Ruola's opinion, the Xu family was already above many people. The assets in their hands, if not wasted, were enough for a normal middle - class family for two generations. Why were they still not satisfied?
"Once they have something good, they always want something better!"
The man's hand felt very comfortable, with a warm feeling that made the half of Ding Ruola's body that had felt cold start to warm up.
The man chatted with Ding Ruola for a while and then left.
"Gu Liubai! Do you have time to meet up?"
Fang Siyan found a secluded place. He had been patient with this man for a long time.
Gu Liubai had been following Ding Ruola often after having one encounter with her.
Although Fang Siyan didn't know what this man wanted from Ding Ruola, just the thought of his wife being followed and watched by another man made him very uncomfortable.
"Sure! I'm just downstairs!"
Fang Siyan went downstairs from the inpatient building. There was a man wearing glasses and a white coat standing in front of the outpatient department.
"Changed your profession?"
He mocked the man in front of him. Gu Liubai casually took out a cigarette from his pocket and offered it to Fang Siyan.
Fang Siyan showed no intention of taking it. Gu Liubai pursed his lips and smiled. A hint of cunning flashed through his eyes.
"Just finished dealing with a patient!"
The man put the cigarette in his mouth. His light - pink lips and the orange - yellow cigarette butt added a bit of color to his pale face.
"What's your purpose for getting close to Ding Ruola?"
"Police secret!"
Fang Siyan burst out laughing, "I'm just afraid you'll abuse your power for personal gain!"
Each with their own motives, after Fang Siyan's words, the two were silent for thirty seconds and then burst out laughing at each other.
"Do you want to cooperate?"
Fang Siyan knew that the man in front of him wanted the criminal evidence of the Xu family, while what he needed was a weapon - to send the Xu family members to where they belonged!
"I only want first - hand information!"